Cuyahoga Valley Church, 5055 E. Wallings Road, will have a women's retreat from 7 p.m. Sept. 12 to to 4 p.m. Sept. 13 at the Bertram Inn & Conference Center in Aurora. The featured speaking is Julianna Slattery of Authentic Intimacy, a non-profit that ministers to women regarding intimacy in marriage and intimacy with God.

Early-bird registration rates are available until Aug. 2. The fee covers an overnight stay, breakfast and lunch on Sept. 13, gifts and retreat sessions. Call 440-746-0404.

After you return from the retreat, ladies, you can haul your scrap tires to the Broadview Heights annual Scrap Tire Roundup, which starts Sept. 15 and runs through Sept. 26. Just please leave the rims at home. Drop off the tires behind the city service garage, 9543 Broadview Road. Call 440-526-4357.

Before the retreat and the scrap-tire roundup, both ladies and gentlemen are invited to Cruisin' Times' fourth annual Hillbilly Rod & Custom Nationals car show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 23 at the headquarters of the Al Koran Shriners, 1000 Edgerton Road. Event organizers say, "Ya don'ts have to have a Hillbilly car...we-uns will accept anythang -- we're just havin' a whole lot of funnin.'" The show will feature a $5,000 raffle, food vendors, prizes and a long list of other things I've never heard of. Call Mike at 440-834-1363.

OK, maybe the ladies theme didn't hold up -- not to suggest that women don't care about scrap tires and havin' funnin.' If you have any event announcements or news tips, contact me at bsandrick@cleveland.com.

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